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Gratiola officinalis L.

Gratiole

Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Genus: Gratiola (Gratiole)

Synonyms

Gratiola officinalis
Gratiola officinalis L. subsp.
Gratiola officinalis subsp. broteri

Related species

Gratiola officinalis L. - Gratiole
Gratiola neglecta Torr. - Clammy Hedgehyssop

Traits


    Highly toxic, 15–40 cm tall. inflorescence: flowers solitary to racemose. supporting-leaves of the flowers: foliage-like. prophylls below the flowers: 2, sepal-like. flowers: with a distinct stalk, zygomorphic, light-red to whitish, with a yellowish palate. pedicels:...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Gratiola officinalis

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.


Distribution in Germany

Gratiola officinalis

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Gratiola officinalis

Gratiola officinalis

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • perennial herbaceous vegetation, bogs, sedge-lands, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths

  • in (periodically) wet habitats

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